CLUB CONSTITUTION

• 1 NAME

The club shall be called Paisley Saints Girls Football Club (hereinafter referred to as the Club) and it shall be affiliated to and bound by the rules and regulations of the Scottish Football Association (SFA).                                                                             

• 2 OBJECTS

The objects of the Club shall be to encourage the promotion of women’s and girls football and provide facilities for the practice of the sport of organised women’s and girls football at Club level (for recognised divisions and for recognised age levels as deemed appropriate by the SFA) within a disciplined, yet friendly, and co-operative working environment for the good of all.

The Club is committed to encouraging the highest ethical standards. All individuals involved in the Club should conduct themselves with integrity, transparency, and accountability in a fair an equitable manner.

• 3 REGISTRATION                       

Registration shall consist of the following categories.
 
Senior Ladies must be born on or before 31st December 1991
Under 17’s must be born on or after 1st January 1992
Under 15’s must be born on or after 1st January 1994
Under 13’s must be born on or after 1st January 1996

Registered players in each category shall pay weekly dues as fixed at each Annual Committee Meeting (ACM). The Club in the ACM may also require members to contribute to the funds of the Club by way of a special levy.

All players joining the Club shall be deemed to accept the terms of this Constitution, Rules and Regulations and the Codes of Conduct, in particular without prejudice to the foregoing generality, the requirement to conduct themselves in accordance with the Club’s ethical framework and the rules as to discipline set out therein.

• 4 MANAGEMENT

The affairs of the Club shall be conducted by an Executive Committee which shall consist of the Officers of the Club all of whom shall be elected at the ACM and from time to time the officers of the club may hold dual responsibilities. To this end the Executive Committee will seek regular input from Club Coaches and hold, at the very least, quarterly parent’s evenings should the demand merit such an event.

The Officers of the Club shall be the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Secretary. If the post of any officer  should fall vacant after such an election, the Executive Committee shall have the power to fill the vacancy until the succeeding ACM.

The Executive Committee shall have full power to deal with all matters relating to the Club not reserved to an ACM in terms of this Constitution, including power to make public and enforce such rules as the Committee feel necessary to govern the activities of the Club (including rules relating to discipline).

• 5 COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Annual Committee Meeting

The Club shall hold an ACM in the month of July to :            

• Approve the minutes of the previous year’s ACM.
• Receive reports from the Chairperson and Secretary.
• Receive reports from the Treasurer and approve the Annual accounts.
• Elect the Executive Committee.
• Fix the weekly dues and sponsorship targets for the ensuing year.
• Consider any changes to the Constitution.
• Review and consider any changes to the Code of Conduct.
• Deal with any other relevant business.

Extraordinary Committee Meeting (ECM) 

An ECM shall be held on a regular basis (at least once a quarter). The Executive Committee shall also have the power to call an ECM by decision of a simple majority of its members.

Voting

With the exception of changes to the Constitution, simple majority at Committee Meetings shall resolve decisions put to a vote.

The Chairperson of the Club shall hold a deliberative vote as well as a casting vote at Committee meetings, in each case at the time the meeting commences its business.

Quora

The quorum at Committee Meetings shall be 75% of the members.

Changes to the Constitution

Any change to the Constitution shall require a two-thirds’ majority of those present at a Committee meeting.

• 6 FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS

The financial year shall run from 1st June to 31 May each year.

The Treasurer shall be responsible for the preparation of Annual Accounts of the Club. 

The Treasurer and any one of Chairperson or Secretary to sign all cheques drawn against Paisley Saints Girls Football Club.

The Executive Committee of the Club shall be jointly and severally responsible for the financial liabilities of the Club.

• 7 DISSOLUTION

The Club is a non-profit making organisation. All profits and surpluses will be used to maintain, improve and develop the Club’s goals and aspirations or to carry out the objectives of the Association to which it is affiliated. No profit or surplus will be distributed other than to another non-profit making body on winding or dissolution of the Club.

If, upon the winding up or dissolution of the Club there remains after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever, the same shall be transferred to some other organisation or organisations having objects similar to the objects of the Club, such organisation or organisations to be determined by the members of the Executive Committee by resolution passed at a Committee Meeting. 

            DECLARATION

It is hereby certified that this document represents a true and most up to date version of the Constitution of Paisley Saints Girls Football Club.

SIGNATURES

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Secretary                    .…………………………………………………………
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